Improvement in apparatus for pressing and packing tobacco



J. K. EAR I CKSO N & J. R. HA RR I S.

Apparatus for Pressing and Packing Tobacco.

No, 136,225. Patentec Feb.25,1873.

AM PHOT0-LITHOGIPAPHIC co. N.Y oseoms PRocsss) 'livrrnn STATES PATENTJOHN K. .IABIGKSUN AND JACOB R. HARRIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR PRESSING AND PACKING TOBACCO.

Specification forming pari of Letters Patent No. 136,225, dated February25,1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN K. EARIGKSON and JACOB R. HARRIS, both of thecity of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Pressing and Packing Tobacco, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to accompanyin gdrawing.

Nature and Objects of the Invention.

The invention relates to an improvement in devices for pressing tobaccoand packing tobacco and consists of open rims arranged to properly fitinto each other, and also into the caddy or receptacle into which thetobacco is to be packed, these rims being provided with plates placed inand conforming to their inner superficies, between which plates therolls or bunches of tobacco are pressed. The rims are also employed inpacking tobacco, being fitted upon the caddy or other receptacle toretain the plugs or cakes in proper position while they are beingpressed into the caddy; the object of the invention being to facilitatethe pressing and packing of tobacco.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure l is a side elevation of a device embodying the elements of theinvention, a portion of the rims B and drum A being broken out to showthe internal arrangement of the boards E. Fig. 2 is a View of rim B.

General Description. In the accompanying drawing, A represents a caddyor wooden drum, into which the tobacco is to be packed preparatory toputting it 011 market, one end of the drum being removed. B is a tin,metal, or wooden rim, open at each end, and provided on its upper edgewith the bead O, and on itslower portion with a corresponding bead,below which is provided the flange D, which fits into the upper part ofthe rim in which the flange is placed, descending therein until the beadabove it comes in contact with the bead upon the upper edge of the rimbelow. E are plates fitting snugly within the rim B and caddy A, and aresuperposed one above the other, leaving intervals or spaces betweenthem, in which spaces the tobacco to bepressed is placed. If thecircular form of device is used, the diameters of the drum A, rim B, andplates E are nearly the same. G is a plunger of a press, which isconstructed to descend within the rim B.

Operation. The bottom of the caddy A is covered with a layer of rolls orbunches of tobacco, upon which is placed one of the plates E, on top ofwhich is placed a layer of rolls or bunches, and the caddy and rims thusfilled with alternate layers and plates. The plunger G is now broughtdown and the tobacco evenly pressed between the plates and the lowerplate and bottom of the caddy A. It is obvious that any means ofpressure will answer, so that the force be exerted over the surface ofthe upper plate E. It is also obvious that the tobacco can be pressedwithout the use of the caddy A by employing simply the rims B and platesE under the plunger G. As the tobacco is forced down by the action of.the press, new layers and disks may be placed within the upper rim andthe operation of pressing repeated. When the tobacco is sufficientlypressed the plates and bunches, now pressed into plugs or cakes, aretaken out of the rims and a proper quantity of plugs or cakes placed inthe caddy Ain any desired arrangement, and then pressed in the ordinarymanner; or the caddy is provided with one or more of the rims B, and theentire weight of plugs which the caddy A is to contain is placed in thecaddy and rim or rims, the head of the caddy or one of the plates Ebeing placed on top of the tobacco, which is then pressed until thewhole mass is forced into the caddy, which may then be headed up 5 orthe caddy may be filled with the plugs, and this pressed; then a properquantity added and pressed 5 the operation being repeated until thecaddy is packed.

The rims B and plates E may be of any desired form, so that their plateswill fit snugly and can have free ascending and descending movement inthe rims. Any form of caddy or drum can be'used, the rims and platesbeing made to conform thereto.

By the pressure, as above described, the air is expelled from thetobacco, so that the danger of decay is avoided, and the operation ofpacking facilitated.

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Claims.

ranged relativelyto a caddy, A, substantially as shown and described. 14. The rim B, proy'ided with the head 0 and 5 flange D, arrangedrelatively to the daddy A substantially as shown and described.

5. The means herein described, consisting of the rim B, plates E, caddyA, and plunger G of a press, asa method of expelling the air fromtobacco, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claimthe foregoing improvement in the method ofpreparing tobacco for packing, as above described, we have hereunto setour hands and seals this 7th day of January, 1873.

JOHN K. EARIGKSON. JACOB R. HARRIS. Witnesses:

J. WILL BOYD, 'J'No. V.BLOOMER.

